While the tornadic storms predicted by the National Weather Service stayed well south of northern Missouri, a strong line of thunderstorms rolled through the region just past the noon hour on Sunday, bringing hail, high winds, and sporadic damage reports.

Thirty nine year old Timothy Ashlock of Chillicothe waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to Division 1 of Circuit Court on charges accusing him with 2nd degree burglary and 1st degree tampering last October 10th.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The chase started with put-downs, pocket change and a stick of deodorant. Derek Cliffe was driving a 2013 Dodge Dart with a friend early the morning of Feb. 19. Kirk Mueller was driving a Ford F350 with two friends. Insults were exchanged at a stoplight in St. Charles after they left a bar on Main Street.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Jerry Starr thought he was taking the safe approach when a twister was reported heading toward his suburban neighborhood outside Oklahoma City last May. He grabbed his teenage daughter Dyonna and his dog and drove to the local City Hall, which serves as a public storm shelter.

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” The push by President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage seems ready to join the parade of issues that gets buried in Congress but â€” the party hopes â€” propels voters to the polls this November.

PARIS (AP) â€” NATO's top military commander in Europe, drafting counter moves to the Russian military threat against Ukraine, said they could include deployment of American troops to alliance member states in Eastern Europe now feeling at risk.

The North Missouri Center For Youth And Families at Chillicothe was the featured topic on KTTN's Open Line program. Guests included Executive Director Daniel Savage, as well as Administrative Assistant Monica Holmer.

VILONIA, Ark. (AP) -- Three years after a tornado devastated the Little Rock suburb of Vilonia, its residents found themselves huddling in the dark early Monday wondering how they would rebuild again after the most powerful tornado yet this year carved a path through their city and others nearby, killing at least 16 people.

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A Nevada rancher who became a conservative folk hero for standing up to the government in a fight over grazing rights lost some of his staunch defenders Thursday after wondering aloud whether blacks might have had it better under slavery.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont lawmakers have passed the country's first state bill to require the labeling of genetically modified foods, underscoring a division between powerful lobbyists for the U.S. food industry and an American public that overwhelmingly says it approves of the idea.